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Showing Original Post only (View all)David Gergen-- "great men have affairs" ---Fuck you David! [View all]
Yeah Dave---fuck the wife and kids in the background who have to endure the public embarrassment because the errrrrr Great Men can't keep their dicks in their pants. Mr. Gergen---you win the Douchebag of the Week award!<snip>
David Gergen a friend of Gen. David Petraeus as well as the woman he reportedly had an extra-marital affair with said on Face The Nation this morning that great men have affairs and that those relationships can be very important to them in difficult times.
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/11/david_gergen_great_men_have_affairs/
On edit: This is what he said about the Clinton affair:
"We have our own set of village rules," says David Gergen, editor at large at U.S. News & World Report, who worked for both the Reagan and Clinton White House. "Sex did not violate those rules. The deep and searing violation took place when he not only lied to the country, but co-opted his friends and lied to them. That is one on which people choke.
"We all live together, we have a sense of community, there's a small-town quality here. We all understand we do certain things, we make certain compromises. But when you have gone over the line, you won't bring others into it. That is a cardinal rule of the village. You don't foul the nest."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm
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truth be told, it is a small minority of people, both genders, that lack character.
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#69
Oh, yeah, I remember the "village rules." Cokie Roberts used to cluck about that too...
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#31
I wonder what percentage of the 43 US Presidents have had affairs while in office. n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2012
#13
It's not a nice thing to endorse, but it seems to be not a huge exaggeration.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#18
It happens but the David Gergens of the world are even worse. They GLORIFY and RATIONALIZE
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#39
I am sure Mr. Gergen isn't aware since I am sure he never served in the Armed Services of the U.S.
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#40
And then these assholes have the balls to tell us who can and cannot get married.
Initech
Nov 2012
#41
i have never had a desire to cheat. and never will. please do not give it to "everyone".
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#99
of course it is hard. getting old is hard. it is about the ego. some people grow out of their ego
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#77
People like sex, sometimes in groups, sometimes with people other than their spouses.
Ganja Ninja
Nov 2012
#57
the french is just an older more true patriarchal system where women have to allow and accept a man
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#81
I don't think having an affair should in and of itself, erase all the positive things that a person
Bosso 63
Nov 2012
#100
the repug argument is not addressing what was actually posted, but addressing it with an absurd
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#102
first, was she a great woman just having an affair? or does that excuse not fly for a woman. or
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#68
i think you are correct. users. users tend to be more successful and they use thru out life
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#106